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• • Eagle Brook Church page 3 enough to cover the costs. (For example, a large shopping mall, sports arena, or commercial development such as the Best Buy site in Richfield.) Both MnDOT and Anoka County would have to be involved in such a project for design and funding. An even more difficult question arises in considering the implications of denying the project because of the traffic impacts. Land in the vicinity of the interchange is guided and zoned for commercial and industrial development. If a retail, office, or industrial project is proposed in that area, we would have to deny it as well unless the interchange were reconstructed to handle the traffic. Forty acres of retail development will generate far more traffic than the proposed church. In response to a staff request for direction on the question, the P & Z discussed this question at the December meeting. Board members made several points. The interchange at I -35E is bad now but unfortunately, funding for transportation projects comes in response to a major problem. Funding is not available for proactive construction to prevent problems. Besides, even when road improvements were offered by the county to address an existing bad situation, Lino Lakes residents opposed them. The church peak traffic events are a few times a week, for a matter of minutes, not hours. There is no easy answer, but the interchange and intersection won't get fixed until development pressure makes the situation worse. Therefore, the unanimous view of the P & Z was that the traffic issue should not be the reason to deny the church's application. • Additional landscaping has been added on the new plans. • We sought examples of other wastewater treatment systems like the one proposed. I spoke with Environmental Services staff at Carver County. She said they have a number of multi - mound treatment systems in the county, and have experienced no problems. One has five mounds, with a design for more wastewater flow than the Eagle Brook system. They do not have an Advantex pretreatment system (as proposed by Eagle Brook). They do have at least one other with a different type of pretreatment. She said she likes the Advantex system and wishes somebody would build one in her area. I also spoke with Anoka County staff. Likewise, there are several multi -mound systems, and there have been no problems. Burns Township has a multi -mound system with a pretreatment design that is different from the Advantex system. As with any onsite system, use and maintenance are key to a successful system. • Existing driveways have been added on the new plan sheets. • The driveways to the site should be lit with typical street lights to ensure the safety of traffic control personnel at night. At planning staff's request, the CPTED officer looked at the typical street lights in the city and recommended that one would be adequate at each driveway.